From pit to raw grinding, to preheater, kiln and finish grinding, Columbia Steel manufactures a full range of replacement parts for cement production. For example, the company makes large carbon steel mounting frames for roller mills; heat resistant steel preheater and kiln parts; and chrome-moly steel impact resistant parts for hammermills. The company also offers parts for quarries and raw…
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A new stand-alone dust collector from Flexicon removes airborne dust from upstream processes, and discharges it into containers positioned below the collection hopper, protecting operators and improving plant hygiene, while eliminating material waste.
Read MoreInfrastructure The Portland Cement Association (PCA) issued the following statement in response to publication of the American Council for Capital Formation’s (ACCF) new study, “How to Shape U.S. Infrastructure Policy.”
Read MoreCombustion and kiln specialist FCT Combustion announced that 2018 will be a record year for the company with projects running in every continent except Antarctica, covering a wide range of industries.
Read MoreA Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge rejected a bid to block the burning of tires at Lafarge Canada’s Brookfield cement plant, reported CBC News. Last summer, provincial Environment Minister Iain Rankin gave the green light to a one-year test project allowing Lafarge to substitute tires for its regular fuel at the facility.
Read MoreDemand for cement additives in the U.S. is forecast to expand 7.2 percent annually to $2.0 billion in 2022, the fastest rate of increase of any major type of construction chemical, according to a new study from The Freedonia Group, a Cleveland-based industry research firm.
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating payments made by Cemex related to the construction of a plant in Maceo, Colombia, to determine whether the company violated federal bribery laws, according to multiple media sources.
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HeidelbergCement presented its preliminary, unaudited figures for fourth quarter 2017 and full-year 2017. The company stated that sales volumes, revenue and result from current operations reached historically high levels for the year.
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CarbonCure Technologies led a team of five companies to demonstrate the world’s first integrated CO2 capture and utilization (CCU) from cement for concrete production in January. The project built upon previous cement plant CO2 capture demonstrations and was the first project to collect cement kiln CO2 for subsequent utilization downstream in concrete production and construction.
Read MoreAccording to CW Research’s recently published World Cement Equipment Market and Forecast Report, the global market of milling equipment (including upgrades) will reach $1.3 billion in 2022, accounting for 14 percent of the global cement equipment market size in the same year.
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